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The Power of Love in a Confusing World
Read more: The Power of Love in a Confusing WorldPhoto courtesy of stockimages/FreeDigitalPhotos.net Another week has passed with more terrorism in Turkey and Iraq, more confusion in Britain over Brexit and here down under we didn’t get a winner in the Federal election that was held over the weekend (it’s still too close to call!) As Lynn so positively pointed out in her last…
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Foundations Series: A Monument for the SUMites
Read more: Foundations Series: A Monument for the SUMitesHello SUM family! I hope your 4th of July celebration was full of fireworks, yummy food and family fun. My house was packed with close to thirty people (including my daughter Leslie who’s here for a visit!), which equated to me making a lot of hamburgers! The aroma of grilled burgers and hotdogs still lingers…
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Friday Prayer: The Armor of God
Read more: Friday Prayer: The Armor of GodHey there, SUMites! Here's one of those surprises! On Fridays I will post a prayer through the month of July. God's impressed upon me to share these prayers to help encourage and bless you. So here goes…are you ready? (Turn up your volume if needed. I forgot how allergy season here in Florida makes me…
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Guest Post: Ripe for Harvest
Read more: Guest Post: Ripe for HarvestDear friends, today's post is written by our very own Dee Rusnak. Thank you, Dee, for sharing your heart with us. Have an amazing week, SUMites! ~Dineen Ripe for Harvest Copyright: dedivan1923 / 123RF Stock Photo Years ago, the Lord beckoned me to join a group of dancers at my church. Seriously? I’m 54 with no…
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Fear Vs. God!!! WE WIN… RIGHT NOW!
Read more: Fear Vs. God!!! WE WIN… RIGHT NOW!This past few weeks have been fantastically interesting. Brexit – American politics – mass shootings – Stock Market crash – Zika Virus – Alligators at Disney World – Canada in turmoil – Israel – finances – kidnapping – …..and these are just the headlines from the past couple of weeks! Can I just say…….. Sheesh!…
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Fear Vs HOPE
Read more: Fear Vs HOPESUMites! How do we become free from fear? We lean on the Word. The scripture verse we have covered so far in this series remain truly powerful. I shared how I first began my journey to be free from fear in a post sever years ago. At night I would wake, absolutely scared out of…
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Part Four: The Promised Provision
Read more: Part Four: The Promised ProvisionMy friends, are you ready for more of God’s amazing truth and love? Are you ready to have your thinking transformed a bit today? Let’s go back to the book of Jeremiah and take another look at King Zedekiah’s story. Let’s look at the first five verses of Jeremiah 34, because this is where things…
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Part Three: When Things Don’t Make Sense
Read more: Part Three: When Things Don’t Make SenseRecently, I sat in a big room with about 50 people worshiping God in their own way, creating one big mass of noise. But when I closed my eyes, Holy Spirit tuned my ears to hear each individual sound-instruments, voices singing and praying. Each one was distinct and clear. Then I opened my eyes and…
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Consuming Fears About our Children
Read more: Consuming Fears About our ChildrenOn Friday I shared some truths about stepping out of this curse of the fear of man. Growing in our faith was the first truth I shared and leads to victorious living. Our faith growth, learning and living out of God’s Truths is what I stand upon every day. I’ve become a ROCK, a house…
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Fear of Husbands – The Prescription For Fear
Read more: Fear of Husbands – The Prescription For FearI was deeply moved by many of the comments on Friday’s post about the fear of man. Can I just say – BLESS YOU, SUMites because of your courage to voice your real struggles. I want to share a comment as this is the crux of many of the comments last week: The first thing…
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Part Two: Upgrades
Read more: Part Two: UpgradesSUMites, I promised to share more of what God is showing me for our community right now. I believe this next part will be so encouraging to you and will strengthen your spirit greatly. Let’s go back to Isaiah 60. There are several parts to this chapter that God has in the works for us…
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Part One: We are the SUMites
Read more: Part One: We are the SUMitesSUMites, today I want to remind you who you are. Holy Spirit has impressed this upon me right now in conjunction with our SALVATION word for this year. And if I sound like a broken record about that word, understand that the Lord has told me I am to continually hold this before you and…
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My Arrogance-A lesson Learned by Pam Anderson
Read more: My Arrogance-A lesson Learned by Pam AndersonMy Arrogance-A lesson Learned Arrogance is defined by one online dictionary as: an insulting way of thinking or behaving that comes from believing that you are better, smarter, or more important than other people. Recently, Lynn wrote a powerful and thought provoking post called “I Created Bitterness-A Weird Confession." Well, I have a similar confession.…
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Fear Of Man – It’s our Freedom Day!
Read more: Fear Of Man – It’s our Freedom Day!Hello my Friends, Wow, it feels as though a long time has passed since I shared with you what the Lord is teaching me. I have a doozy of a lesson today. But before we jump in, thank you for celebrating our 10-year anniversary with us. I read every comment that arrived and was teary…
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Reach for the Stars
Read more: Reach for the StarsMy friends, we’ve already started to receive prayers from many of you for our new book, Praying for Your Unsaved Spouse. I’m hoping there are many more of you out there praying, considering and even writing your prayer story. But if you’ve decided that’s just not something you can do, I want to tell you…
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The Big Reveal
Read more: The Big RevealHello SUMites! I bet you're looking at these two covers and wondering what is going on. Well, this is our big surprise. I put my graphic designer skills to work and created two covers for a book that we are going to publish-a book filled with prayers for the salvation of our spouses. Guess who's going to…
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Jesus is fighting for us
Read more: Jesus is fighting for usPhoto courtesy of pakorn/FreeDigitalPhotos.net It happened again on Saturday. What you may ask? My three strikes policy. Huh? Three strikes policy? Whenever I’m struck three times by a common theme or thread within a short period of time I ask the Lord for some interpretation. On Saturday as I scanned my Facebook feed our Lynn…
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The NEW Soul Saver is Out!
Read more: The NEW Soul Saver is Out!SUMites, I'm excited to tell you The Soul Saver is available again for Kindle on Amazon. If you've recently joined our family, you may not know that I started this story in 2008 just before my youngest daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It was finally published in 2012 and won the Carol Award in 2013. This…
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And the Adventures Continue!
Read more: And the Adventures Continue!Hello SUM Nation! We’ve had a blast this month walking down memory lane, doing a LIVE Webcast, announcing our ordinations and celebrating YOU! Did you enjoy the stories? Lynn and I have had some crazy adventures together, and we have taken you with us in our hearts every time. We’ve written two books together-Winning Him…
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A Past and Present Story
Read more: A Past and Present StoryHello, SUM family. I'm with Lynn in wondering how this month has gone by so fast! Here I thought I'd run out of stories only to find I needed to pick and choose the best ones, because there are so many. And I will say they are truly God's stories-the evidence of His love and…
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God Joined Our Celebration! Let Me Explain!
Read more: God Joined Our Celebration! Let Me Explain!Greetings SUMite Nation: Well we are in the last week of our 10-year, month-long celebration. Can you believe it went by that fast? I’m in my office on a Sunday afternoon. I feel the Lord’s Presence and it is peaceful. I pray all of you are filled with His peace, love and joy as you…
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LIVE Web Classes were a BLAST!
Read more: LIVE Web Classes were a BLAST!SUMites, Lynn and I had a blast with you during our LIVE Web Classes! A BLAST! Wow, does an hour go fast or what? We so enjoyed being able to pray over you, bless you and teach about hearing God's voice for yourself. And telling you stories…and the Q&A session-getting to hear you-hear your hearts-was huge. Thank you,…
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Celebrating 10 Years: Waiting for Lynn and Dineen to Grow Up
Read more: Celebrating 10 Years: Waiting for Lynn and Dineen to Grow Up“Mama, you are the Christian in your marriage, but you are not showing respect to Daddy,” my two daughters said to me,” as they detailed times, places and events that covered several years. And with that, my two grown daughters, Crystal and Heather, shoved a book in my hands, called Love and Respect, and said,…
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How Did (and Do) We Honor Our Husbands?
Read more: How Did (and Do) We Honor Our Husbands?SUM family, are you enjoying this walk down memory lane? It’s amazing to look back over our history and see how God has moved in the big picture of our community. I truly believe part of our continued growth and endurance as a ministry has been our desire to honor our husbands in doing this. …